Check-rower for corn-planters



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CHECK ROWER FOR CORN PLANTE-RS.

No. 326,282. Patented Sept. 15, 1885.

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CHECK-ROWER FOR CORN-PLANTERS.

EI I-ICEFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,282, datedSeptember 15, 1885.

Application filed September 24, 1884. (No model.)

To ail whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT FARIES, a resident of the city of Decatur,county of Macon, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Oheck-Rowcrs for Corn-Planters, of which thefollowing is a specification.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a plan of my machine. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of a portionof the same. Fig. 3 is a side view of the tappet used to operate thecheckrow shaft. Fig. 4 is a rear view of the lever used to operate theseed-slide of the planter, and Fig. 5 is a side view of Fig. 4:. Fig. 6shows the manner of effecting a lock in the check-rower, and Figs. 7 and8 are details of the end of the check-row shaft. Fig. 9 is a verticaltransverse section of my device at the longitudinal center of thecylinder.

at represents a rotating cylinder provided with deflected projections band ratchetteeth t.

c are pawls that operate on ratchet-teeth i.

d are arms rigidly attached to the checkrow shaft Z, and looselyconnected with pawlsc.

e are brackets securely attached to the checkrow bar a, and providedwith bearings for shaft Z and cylinder a.

f are levers extending downward and backward from shaft Z.

9 are springs connecting levers f with lockpawls h.

z', as before stated, represents teeth on cylinder a, and I have foundfour on each end to be a satisfactory number.

It represents a swinging lever, pivoted at its upper end and providedwith a conical roller, m, which receives motion from the deflectedprojections 12 on cylinder 0.

0 are the cross-arms that support the guidepulleys and outer ends ofshaft Z, and 0 are projections that limit the forward throw of thecheck-row tappets.

1) represents the receivingpulley and q the discharging-pulleys for thecheck-row wire.

r is a check-row-wire tappet, bifurcated at its upper end in thecustomary manner to receive the check-row Wire, provided with slot 0",that fits loosely over the end of the checkis effected by adjusting therod that connects the slide with the lever higher or lower in the holes.

To effect a more delicate adjustment of the stroke, conical roller onmay be thrown to or from the cylinder a by means of screw-bolt w andsecuring-nut as. (See Fig. 5..)

On brackets c are formed projections e, the function of which will behereinafter set forth.

Pawls a have downward extensions 0, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 6, thatprevent misplacement of said pawls with relation to the teeth 6 on thecylinder.

The check-row shaft is formed in two separate parts, each of which hasbearings in a bracket, 6, and a crossarm, 0, and is adapted to operateentirely independent of the other.

In operation oscillating motion is imparted by the check-row-wire knotsto one of the bifurcated tappets r in the customary manner, and thismotion is conveyed through an end of rod Z and an arm, d, to a pawl, c.Pawl 0 produces intermittent rotary motion in cylinder to by means ofratchet-teeth t', and at the termination of every quarter-revolution thesaid pawl strikes a projection, c, and causes an absolute stop both inthe shaft and the cylinder, (see Fig. 6, where the pawl is shown incontact with the projection e, and a tooth of the cylinder in contactwith the pawl.) Between strokes the conical roller m is held frombackward movement by the termination of a projection, 11, stoppingopposite its center.

As cylinder a rotates, projections 12 throw. roller m and lever k fromside to side alter-.

nately, thereby producing motion that may be applied to operating theseed-slide of a planter, as heretofore set forth.

to the extent of the strength of the spring 9,

with which such pawls are supplied.

The spring g performs the quadruple function of returning pawl 0 andtappet r to their proper position after each stroke, of holding pawl halways in contact with the ratchetteeth of the cylinder, and, by theirdiagonal position, of holding both shaft Zand pawl h in their bearings-I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. Thecombination, in a check-rower, of an oscillating lever, a shaft adaptedto be partially rotated in reverse directions alternately by theoscillating lever, a cam-cylinder and ratchet loose on said shaft andadapted to be intermittently rotated in one direction by the shaft, .andsuitable means of conveying the motion of the cam-cylinder to theseed-slide of a planter, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a chcckrower, of an oscillating lever, a shaftadapted to be partially rotated in reverse directions alternately by theoscillating lever, a cam-cylinder and ratchet loose on said shaft andadapted to be intermittently rotated in one direction by the shaft,aswinging lever adapted to be oscillated by the cam-cylinder, andsuitable means of conveying the motion of the swinging 1ever to the seedslide of a corn-planter, as set forth.

3. The combination, in a check-rower, of an oscillating lever adapted tobe thrown in one direction by knots on a check-row wire, a shaftprovided with a drive pawl and adapted to be partially rotated inreverse directions alternately by the oscillating lever, a cam-cylinderprovided with a ratchet-wheel and adapted to be intermittently rotatedin onedirection by the pawl on. the shaft, suitable means of conveyingthe motion of the camcylinder to the seed-slide of a corn-planter, andsuitable means of automatically returning the shaft and lever to theiroriginal position after the termination of every throw of the knots wonthe check-row wire, as set forth.

4. The combination, in a check-rower for corn-planters, of oscillatingrod 1, provided with rigid arm d, pawl c, hinged to the outer end ofarmd, intermittently-rotating cylinder a, provided with ratchet-teethiand deflected projections b, and lever It, provided with a frictionroller, as and for the purpose set forth- 5. The combination of cylindera, ratchets 13, projections 1), rod Z, arm d, pawl c, lever f, pawl h,and spring 9, extending from projection f to pawl h,as and forthepurpose set forth.

6. The combination, with intermittentlyrotating cylinder at, havingdeflected projections b, and with a vibrating lever, k, of cone-- shapedroller m, adapted to be adjusted with relation to the projections b forthe purpose of regulating the vibration of thelever is, substantially asset forth.

7. The combination, with tappet 1', having slot r and bifurcatedtermination 11., of adjustable block 8, pin 15, and shaft 1, as and forthe purpose set forth.

8. The combination of drivc-pawlc, ratchet 1;, and rigid lock-ingprojection 0, located as described, so that the pawl will becomeinterposed between the projection and a ratchet-tooth at the terminationof every stroke and thereby effect an absolute stop both in the ratchetand paw], substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

9. The combination, with a ratchet-wheel of a check-rower, of aspring-paw] adapted to fit against a ratchet-tooth and prevent backwardmovement, and alsopress against a following tooth and preventforwardmotion to the extent of the strength of the spring, substantially as setforth.

ROBT. FARIES.

Attest:

G. G. CLARK, L. P. GRAHAM.

